Topless Female Gladiator

Topless Female Gladiator

Female Gladiator

Material: Bronze
Age: Nearly 2,000 years old
Size: Small (exact dimensions not given in the article)
Depiction: A topless woman with long hair. She holds a sica (a short curved sword) in her raised right hand and wears a loincloth. A bandage is wrapped around her left knee. Her stance and expression suggest she is looking down at a defeated opponent.
Significance: This statue could be only the second known depiction of a female gladiator in existence.

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Museum für Kunst und Gewerbein Hamburg, Germany

Creation: The statue dates back nearly 2,000 years. While an exact date isn't given, this places its creation sometime around 2000 years ago.

Alfonso Manas: University of Granada researcher who identified the statue as a female gladiator based on its pose and lack of athletic clothing. [He is also credited in the source as "By Owen Jarus"].

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbein Hamburg: The museum in Germany where the statue is currently held.

LiveScience: The publication that originally reported on the research in an article by Owen Jarus.

Anna McCullough: Professor at Ohio State University who studies female gladiators. She is mentioned as cautiously optimistic about the identification of the statue as a gladiator but raises questions about the lack of armor.

Copyright to the Statue itself: The copyright for the statue itself wouldn't apply here as copyright protects creative expression and the statue is a physical object. However, the museum likely has ownership rights over the statue.

Female Gladiators